Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham speaks during the Big 12 NCAA college football media days in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. | Lucas Peltier LAS VEGAS — Talking to coaches across the Big 12, there’s a level of respect for what Kyle Whittingham has built at Utah — even among those who have never coached against him. As he …

Jul 10, 2024, 08:08 PM ET Veteran defenseman Ryan Suter is headed to the St. Louis Blues after agreeing to terms on a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. Suter, who was an unrestricted free agent, will receive a base salary of $775,000 and could earn up to an additional $2.225 million in performance bonuses. Suter, 39, wasn’t headed toward …

It appears Brandon Aiyuk will remain with the 49ers for 2024, but it is uncertain whether he will get his coveted extension. The receiver skipped the entire offseason program, including the mandatory minicamp. He is under contract for the fifth-year option of $14.1 million in 2024, and he wants to be among the highest-paid players at his position. The sides, …

Virginia Tech is adding a versatile weapon to their offense. In-state dual-sport standout Micah Matthews has committed to head coach Brent Pry and the Hokies. The Bridgewater (Va.) Turner Ashby star wide receiver credits two Virginia Tech coaches with building relationships with him that tipped the scale in favor of the Hokies. This embedded content is not available in your …

NFC coordinator perfectly sums up Bosa’s power in three words originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Nick Bosa is one of the NFL’s most dominant pass rushers, earning the 49ers star respect from coaches, coordinators and executives around the league. That much is evident in ESPN’s latest ranking of the top 10 NFL defensive ends, where Bosa comes in …

Michigan State’s student section has been a major part of the environment in Spartan Stadium, giving the Spartans a home crowd advantage. A part of the atmosphere and the student section is the yearly t-shirts that are provided to the students. Thanks to Michigan State Content on X, fans can get a first look at the 2024 edition of the …

LAS VEGAS – The phenomenon of Deion Sanders started early Wednesday morning at Big 12 Media Days. Before a network interview began in the bowels of Allegiant Stadium, Sanders directed a cameraman.  “Turn the [monitor] around for me and let me see the shot real quick, please” he directed.  Properly satisfied and situated in a sports jacket and hoodie on …

Just about every NFL fan would agree that Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback currently in the NFL. Many players, including one of his former teammates, feel the same way. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was Mahomes’ teammate from 2017 to 2021, shared his list of the top-five signal-callers currently in the league and named the …

Armed with one of the deepest backfields in the country and a three-year, dual-threat starting quarterback from the SEC, UCF coach Gus Malzahn believes his team is equipped to make a charge up the Big 12 ladder in Year 2. And with the College Football Playoff expanding to a 12-team field this fall, the path has never been clearer for …

This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde discuss the latest buzz coming from Big 12 media day in Las Vegas. They start by reacting to Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy’s controversial comments about Ollie Gordon’s DUI arrest. Forde grills Gundy for his lack of awareness and …

Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had 119 catches for 1,515 yards in 2023 and he put up those big numbers despite some injury issues. St. Brown is one of the players involved in the Receiver series on Netflix and he recounts a couple of injuries that he had to deal with early in the campaign. St. Brown hurt his …

LAS VEGAS — White hoodie bursting from a black suit and gold chains slung around his neck, Deion Sanders waltzed through Big 12 media days on Wednesday, striding before a mob of media members, school personnel and his cowboy hat-wearing security guard. And then, suddenly, Sanders stopped. A sweeping smile arrived on his face as he recognized the man standing …

Getty Images The New York Giants were certainly looking for their next franchise quarterback in this draft, appearing to have their sights set on selecting Drake Maye. For New York to have a better chance at Maye, it would have had to trade up from the No. 6 overall pick.  On “Hard Knocks,” general manager Joe Schoen decided to take …

Getty Images The New York Giants had one of the best moves this offseason in trading for Brian Burns, adding one of the game’s top pass rushers to create a dominant pass rushing defensive line with Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence.  The Giants only gave up a 2024 second-round pick (No. 39) and a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 141 overall, …

More often than not, anytime there’s a coaching change, there’s bound to be a rough patch or two. When a program misses on the recruiting trail as often as Lincoln Riley did at the end of his tenure, it gets amplified. But the setback didn’t last very long for Oklahoma. 6-7 in 2022 was rough. Their first losing season since …